Convertible doll box



Feb. 8, 1966 M. E. THOMPSON CONVERTIBLE DOLL BOX Filed Aug. 28, 1962 INVENTOR United States Patent 3,233,356 CGNVERTIBLE DOLL BOX Margaret Ernestine Thompson, 3424 W. 110th St, Inglewood, Calif. Filed Aug. 28, 1762, Ser. No. 219,988 2 Claims. (CI. 4611) This invention relates to the method of converting a packaging container with lid, specifically a doll box, which is old, into a Hollywood-type bed for the doll that is sold therein. The object of this invention is to make further use of an ordinary doll box with lid, by the method described herein, which converts said box with lid into a Hollywood-type doll bed, after the necessary simple additions to said box and lid have been made. In order to use this method, said box and lid must be provided with a plurality of punch out means as well as a line of perforations extending entirely across said lid at the prescribed place. This method can be performed on any size doll box with lid providing said box and lid have the necessary plurality of punch out means plus perforations on said lid. The lid of a doll box is separated into two pieces, then put together in a manner to form the headboard for the inverted bottom part of said box, which, after being secured together by means of the preferred type of fastener, namely metal paper fasteners, simulates a Hollywood bed.

This invention possesses other objects and features of advantage some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the following description. A preferred form of the invention is described and illustrated in the drawings, it being understood that it is not limited to all the details shown and is capable of modification and variation within the scope of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

FIGURE =1 is a perspective view of the bottom part of a doll box ofthe invention in an inverted form, having a plurality of punch out means at one end thereof.

FIGURE 2 shows a perspective view of the lid of a doll box of the invention, having a plurality of punch out means across a part of the top and on the sides thereof and perforations adapted for easy separation of said lid are indicated by dashed lines as shown.

FEGURE 3 is a perspective view of the lid of a doll box partially separated along the perforations.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective of the inverted bottom part of a box of the invention with a part of said lid attached thereto.

FIGURE 5 shows two perspectives of the rear view of a box of the invention set up as a Hollywood-type doll bed. One view shows how the remaining part of said lid fits into the attached part thereof, forming the back of the Hollywood-type headboard.

FIGURES 6 and 7 show perspective views of the rear as well as the front of a converted doll box of the invention set up as a Hollywood-type doll bed.

This convertible method can be used on an ordinary doll box after the necessary additions to said box and lid have been made.

As shown in the drawings, the addition of a plurality of punch out means must be made across said lid and on the sides thereof, FIGURE 2, and at one end of the bottom part of said box, shown inverted, FIGURE 1. A line of perforations, adapted fo reasy separation, across entire width and two sides of said lid, is another addition shown in the drawings, FIGURE 2.

Said box should also include the necessary number of paper fasteners, which are essential in securing the parts of said box and lid together. Paper fastener shown, FIGURE 8, is the prefered type of fastening means.

The plurality of punch out means on one part of the top of said lid and on the sides of both parts thereof, are near the perforations and are placed no higher that the height of the inverted bottom part of said box. There should be a sufiicient number of punch out means, according to the size of said box, to insure a stable and durable Hollywood-type doll bed. The size of punch out means should be in accordance with the size of said box and the fastening means should fit accordingly.

After the aforementioned additions have been made to a doll box, it can then be converted into a Hollywood-type doll bed by the method of removing said lid thereof and inverting the bottom part of said box and proceeding as follows. In the drawings, FIGURE 1 shows the inverted bottom part of a doll box that has had a plurality of punch out means added at one end thereof. The lid of said box is then separated into two parts, not necessarily equal, by means of perforations adapted for easy separation, FIGURE 3. One part of said lid, Fl"- URE 4, is then placed against the end of the inverted bottom part of said box, punch out means on lid and box aligning, perforated edge of lid down and inside thereof is then ready to receive the preferred type of paper fastener, FIGURE 8, which is then placed through the aligning openings formed by removal of punch out means, of both lid part, c, and inverted bottom part of box. After all punch out means, which are in alignment with those on the end of said inverted box, have been punched out and the two parts fastened together with fastening means, the remaining part of said lid, indicated by broken lines, FIGURE 5, is then placed inside of the attached part thereof, FIGURE 5, perforated edges downward and inner parts of both lid sections facing together. The plurality of punch out means on both sides of the two parts thereof are in alignment, and after removing selected punch out means, fastening means are placed through them and made secure. FIGURES 6 and 7 show two views of the invention set up as a Hollywood-type doll bed.

The invention having been described and illustrated in a preferred embodiment, it is noted that it is susceptible of modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A method of forming a doll bed from a rectangular box having a plurality of punch out means in one end thereof and from a lid for said box, said lid having a top and sides with a line of perforations extending entirely across said lid at approximately its mid point, said lid further having at least two punch out means in each side with at least one punch out means on each side of said line of perforations, said lid also having a plurality of punch out means in one half of the top of said lid spaced from said line of perforations and the sides of said lid the same distances, respectively, as said punch out means of said end of the box are spaced from the bottom and sides of the box, comprising: separating said lid along said line of perforations into two halves; removing selected punch out means to form openings in the end of said box, in the top and sides of said one half of the lid, and in the sides of the other half of the lid; placing the top of said one half of the lid against said one end of the box with the openings therein aligned, and the sides of said lid extending away from the box; mounting fastening means in said aligned openings; assembling the other half of said lid against said one half with the openings in the sides of the halves aligned and the sides of said other half extending toward said box; and mounting fastening means in said aligned openings of the sides of said halves.

having a top and sides into a doll bed comprising: pro- H viding a plurality of punch out means in one end of said box; providing a line of perforations entirely across the top and sides of said lid at approximately the mid point thereof; providing at least two punch out means in each side of said lid With at least one punch out means on each side of said line of perforations; providing a plurality of punch out means in on half of the top of said lid spaced from said line of perforations and the sides of said lid the same distances, respectively, that said punch out means of said end of the box are spaced from the bottom and sides of the box; separating said lid along said line of perforations into two halves; removing selected punch out means to form openings in the end of said box, in the top and sides of said one half of the lid, and in the sides of the other half of the lid; placing the top of said one half of the lid against said one end of the box with the openings therein aligned and the sides of said lid extending away from the box; mounting 20 fastening means in said aligned openings; assembling 4.- the other half of said lid against said one half with the openings in the sides of the halves aligned and the sides of said other half extending toward said box; and mounting fastening means in said aligned openings of the sides of said halves.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 487,085 11/1892 Buehl 2293 805,583 11/1905 Redlich 229-8 1,601,262 9/1926 Quinn et a1. 2298 1,636,387 7/ 1927 Pierce 229-8 X 1,982,780 12/1934 Behrens 4611 2,085,827 7/ 1937 Perreton 22951 X 2,239,365 4/ 1941 Loth 46-11 2,551,089 5/ 1951 Behrens 4611 RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

DOUGLAS J. DRUMMOND, THERON E, CONDON.

Examiners. 

1. A METHOD OF FORMING A DOLL BED FROM A RECTANGULAR BOX HAVING A PLURALITY OF PUNCH OUT MEANS IN ONE END THEREOF AND FROM A LID FOR SAID BOX, SAID LID HAVING A TOP AND SIDES WITH A LINE OF PERFORATIONS EXTENDING ENTIRELY ACROSS SAID LID AT APPROXIMATELY ITS MID POINT, SAID LID FURTHER HAVING AT LEAST TWO PUNCH OUT MEANS IN EACH SIDE WITH AT LEAST ONE PUNCH OUT MEANS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID LINE OF PERFORATIONS, SAID LID ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF PUNCH OUT MEANS IN ONE HALF OF THE TOP OF SAID LID SPACED FROM SAID LINE OF PERFORATIONS AND THE SIDES OF SAID LID THE SAME DISTANCES, RESPECTIVELY, AS SAID PUNCH OUT MEANS OF SAID END OF THE BOX ARE SPACED FROM THE BOTTOM AND SIDES OF THE BOX, COMPRISING: SEPARATING SAID LID ALONG SAID LINE OF PERFORATIONS INTO TWO HALVES; REMOVING SELECTED PUNCH OUT MEANS TO FORM OPENINGS IN THE END OF SAID BOX, IN THE TOP AND SIDES OF SAID ONE HALF OF THE LID, AND IN THE SIDES OF THE OTHER HALF OF THE LID; PLACING THE TOP OF SAID ONE HALF OF THE LID AGAINST SAID ONE END OF THE BOX WITH THE OPENINGS THEREIN ALIGNED, ONE THE SIDES OF SAID LID EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE BOX; MOUNTING FASTENING MEANS IN SAID ALIGNED OPENINGS; ASSEMBLING THE OTHER HALF OF SAID LID AGAINST SAID ONE HALF WITH THE OPENINGS IN THE SIDES OF THE HALVES ALIGNED AND THE SIDES OF SAID OTHER HALF EXTENDING TOWARD SAID BOX; AND MOUNTING FASTENING MEANS IN SAID ALIGNED OPENINGS OF THE SIDES OF SAID HALVES. 